Friday, February 12, 2010

My photo was featured on Shutter Sisters 365 site! Yea

365/39 leeks and blue window
I decided to do a 365 project this year. Different photos every day, no cheating. During the week I've taken to doing still lifes in the kitchen. It puts back dinner prep a bit but I find myself exploring ideas I might not come to like the leek photos. I was making lamb stew and had a great bunch of leeks. I set them up on my black and white sgraffito plate that broke in the kiln but is cool anyway. I concentrated on really pushing the depth of field. At sunset the window in the background turn blue who knew? I've been contributing the 365 photos to several groups including one of my favorite Shutter Sisters. On February 11 my Leek with Blue window was the featured photograph. Exciting and gratifying. I missed it and only noticed it on the 12th.Shutter Sisters - 365
http://shuttersisters.com/365/

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Ordering seed and little snow

365/37 snow on the garden gate in the morning - still snowingI was going to order seed this weekend. I pulled out my seed crate from the shed, sorted, and made a list of what I had. I looked over my seed orders and blog from last year to get a sense of what I liked. The red noodle beans I loved but couldn't find an order until I saw in my notebook this was one thing I ordered from Territorial Seeds and asparagus seeds that never got planted thanks to some gardeners who didn't get it.
My seed ordering stopped when I went on storm watch. We had snow.
night snow 48th Street PhiladelphiaMaybe 2 feet I think 18 inches here is about right. The snowman said 19 inches but he's made of wood and painted by MacLean so who knows how accurate he is.It really snowed. I was out at midnight taking photos. When I took Georgia out this morning I had to carry her to the road, she would just disappear in the drifts.
I't cool - lots of snow just like when I was little and my dad and crazy George Archer dug out our backyard skating rink, we made seats in the snow banks. What devotion, I never realized it.I remember my mom calling us in for hot coco at night; we had a flood light so we could just stay out ther in our snow suits and skates. Do my sisters remember this? Or my friend Paulette?